Post by Drayconis on Jan 19, 2007 14:10:22 GMT -5
Epilogue:
Epilogue
-2 hours after the explosion-
Ciel and the rest of the command crew were going through the carnage, searching for survivors.
Bob made a bee line for the center of the blast, tripping about a hundred yards away. He shrilled
in shock as he looked at the body. The once proud and regal Zero, lay there, half his body melted
and burned away, and a permenant look of horror, forever etched into his face. But what was truly
shocking was who was beneath him. There lay X, somehow, agiant all odds, alive. Bob beeped angrily,
then started to kick X, shock him, flame thrower him, he slowly went through a variety of onboard
weapons. Until Raykan caught up with him. "How the hell did you get here so fast on those freakish imp
legs of yours Bob? Wait what are- Woah ease up there Bob we want him alive." With that Raykan lifted Bob
by the helmet and put him aside. "X, you alive?"
The damaged blue reploid groaned. "What the hell happpened. I can't remember much of anything... flashes maybe...
Was I joining with Zero? I kind of remember fighting Dray... But I don't know why... Was I stupid?"
Raykan laughed, "We'll get you back to base. Don't expect a lot of people to be happy to see you, at least not
until we've checked you out." he stretched out a hand and helped X up.
**
Ciel ran past them. She paused briefly as she saw X, then shrugged it off. Raykan had good judgement with these things.
What she found at he exact center of teh blast, was not what she expected.
What she expected was to see the massive body of Drayfire, split open like a giant winged banana. Instead, what she found
was this:
A 6 foot tall, brown hair with blue streaks, Dray. The armor was gone, replaced with Jeans, and a long jacket. He moaned softly,
then opened his eyes. "Can i get the liscense of the bus that ran me over... twice..."
Ciel cried, she had hoped he would be alive, but hadn't expected it. "Dray?" was all she could say.
Dray looked up and sat up. "Holy crap that hurts... Ciel? Whats wro-" he paused and looked around. "Holy-" he was interupted as Ciel tackle-hugged him.
"I thought you were dead! Wait," She paused and sat up above him. "Are you you, or Drayfire, or what?"
Dray also sat up, albiet slowly, as memories of Drayfire rushed back to him. "I.. I think I can explain." he said.
"When I fought with X, my personality merged with the virus and brought back Drayfire... Only he was still mostly me. He loved you alot..."
He paused for dramatical purposes. "He couldn't forsee you ever returning that love to him. So he was devising an internal program. One that would
take over when he overloaded his core, exposing it to a familiar energy source, although altered. Guy was a genious, he managed to figure out
how to control my core fluctuations. So, doing so brought me back at the cost of his own life. He rationlized this in that somewhere a part of him does live on."
Ciel paused to take this all in. "So your saying he would've survived a core overload?"
"He wouldn't look the same but yes he would have."
"So why didn't he tell anyone that?"
Dray grinned, "Sense of drama."
She laughed, "All right... But why do you look so.."
"Odd? Kinda younger? This body is actually one I've had before. Different slightly, as my personality is the same as it was when you met me.
Why? You don't like my hair?"
She laughed and ran her fingers through it. "Its still you."
Dray smiled and pulled her in close, kissing her gently on the lips. She pulled back a bit after and smiled. And was leaning in for more when Dray was hit by what appeared to be a flying
black hard hat. "Son of a-" was all Dray managed to say before Bob started to jump up and down ecstatically.
Raykan ran up, "Anti-Grav jets, so thats how he dos it. Dray! Your alive dude!"
"Yes I appear to be so." said Dray rolling Bob of his chest and standing up, helping Ciel up in teh same motion.
"Your hair.. I vaguely remember seeing it like that before." Raykan said to him.
"Yeah well, I figure heym why not go for a change. After all I just cheated death once again."
"Thats what, 5 times now?"
"Six if you count that one time with the monkies."
"OOh, how could I forget that." Raykan laughed and motioned the others over. Voren, ran up to Dray.
"Dude! your alive!" He said, grabbing Dray in a bear hug lifting him off the ground.
"So I'm told... Please let go." he said.
"Oops, sorry man." said Vor, dripping him to teh ground.
"No prob... Hey Harpy, Levvy." he said as the siblings wandered over.
Harpuia nodded and smiled, "it is good to see you are well Dray." He then turned to Ciel. "A report, aside from X, no other survivors have been found." He saluted sharply and backed away one step.
Ciel saluted him back and said, "All right. I guess thats that then. Lets head back to base."
They all started to head back towards the transport. X hanging back. Dray noticed this and wandered over.
X saw Dray coming and looked down. "I.. I'm so sorry man.. I don't know why..."
Day smiled warmly, "No hard feelings man. Lemme gues though, you couldn't control what was happening, it felt like some dark presence hung over you, tearing at you, forcing you to use and manipulate your darkest emotions."
X looked at him in suprise. "Yeah actually, thats what it felt like. But how did you-"
Dray cut him off. "It's name is HAilfire.A being I think, made of my pure hatred.It lived in me, cause me to horrible things for years.
Through a rather odd set of coincedences I managed to rid myself of it. Just like you managed to do. Many peo[ple like Paladin, held resentment against
me for years. But my friends," He motioned at raykan and the others. "Helped me through it. Without them I don't know where I'd be today. I'm wlling to
look past what you did, and tried to do to me. To be your friend. Whatya say?" he said, extending his hand forward.
X paused thoughtfully, then smiled and shook the out stretched hand. "All right... buddy."
They laughed and started to walk back to rejoin the others. X looked at Dray, "Sorry for trying to steal Ciel away from you... i guess It would never have worked.
It's just... So damn hard to find women to care about these days."
Dray looked at him and laughed, "I know what you mean, Say, have you ever thought about trying to go out with that red head down in engineering.?"
X perked his head up, "Hmm... Not realy, why?"
"You two would make an awesome couple... Hmm,I think she had a crush on you to. Who knows she may forgive you. Heh, I can deffinanty see things there..."
X laughed, "Awesome. C'mon man hurry up they may leave without us!"
Dray laughed and they both headed towards the transport. A rather large, 6 wheeled SUV like thing. They heard Voren shout, "I call shotgun!"
Then a shrill beep as Bob pounced him then jumped into the front seat. Everyone laughed, except for Vor who screamed, "I'll get you Bob! I'll get you!!"
**
Amidst all the chaos and carnage, knowbody noticed that two bodies were never found. Far off in teh distance a tall black armor clad girl shook her long blonde hair. She turned to her large brother and growled under her breath
"One day... One day we'll be back. I'm sorry father... we could not save you..." SHe turned her back, "Come Ultros, we shall find somewhere to go." The lumbering reploid turned and followed his sister into the forest behind them.
The End?
Epilogue
-2 hours after the explosion-
Ciel and the rest of the command crew were going through the carnage, searching for survivors.
Bob made a bee line for the center of the blast, tripping about a hundred yards away. He shrilled
in shock as he looked at the body. The once proud and regal Zero, lay there, half his body melted
and burned away, and a permenant look of horror, forever etched into his face. But what was truly
shocking was who was beneath him. There lay X, somehow, agiant all odds, alive. Bob beeped angrily,
then started to kick X, shock him, flame thrower him, he slowly went through a variety of onboard
weapons. Until Raykan caught up with him. "How the hell did you get here so fast on those freakish imp
legs of yours Bob? Wait what are- Woah ease up there Bob we want him alive." With that Raykan lifted Bob
by the helmet and put him aside. "X, you alive?"
The damaged blue reploid groaned. "What the hell happpened. I can't remember much of anything... flashes maybe...
Was I joining with Zero? I kind of remember fighting Dray... But I don't know why... Was I stupid?"
Raykan laughed, "We'll get you back to base. Don't expect a lot of people to be happy to see you, at least not
until we've checked you out." he stretched out a hand and helped X up.
**
Ciel ran past them. She paused briefly as she saw X, then shrugged it off. Raykan had good judgement with these things.
What she found at he exact center of teh blast, was not what she expected.
What she expected was to see the massive body of Drayfire, split open like a giant winged banana. Instead, what she found
was this:
A 6 foot tall, brown hair with blue streaks, Dray. The armor was gone, replaced with Jeans, and a long jacket. He moaned softly,
then opened his eyes. "Can i get the liscense of the bus that ran me over... twice..."
Ciel cried, she had hoped he would be alive, but hadn't expected it. "Dray?" was all she could say.
Dray looked up and sat up. "Holy crap that hurts... Ciel? Whats wro-" he paused and looked around. "Holy-" he was interupted as Ciel tackle-hugged him.
"I thought you were dead! Wait," She paused and sat up above him. "Are you you, or Drayfire, or what?"
Dray also sat up, albiet slowly, as memories of Drayfire rushed back to him. "I.. I think I can explain." he said.
"When I fought with X, my personality merged with the virus and brought back Drayfire... Only he was still mostly me. He loved you alot..."
He paused for dramatical purposes. "He couldn't forsee you ever returning that love to him. So he was devising an internal program. One that would
take over when he overloaded his core, exposing it to a familiar energy source, although altered. Guy was a genious, he managed to figure out
how to control my core fluctuations. So, doing so brought me back at the cost of his own life. He rationlized this in that somewhere a part of him does live on."
Ciel paused to take this all in. "So your saying he would've survived a core overload?"
"He wouldn't look the same but yes he would have."
"So why didn't he tell anyone that?"
Dray grinned, "Sense of drama."
She laughed, "All right... But why do you look so.."
"Odd? Kinda younger? This body is actually one I've had before. Different slightly, as my personality is the same as it was when you met me.
Why? You don't like my hair?"
She laughed and ran her fingers through it. "Its still you."
Dray smiled and pulled her in close, kissing her gently on the lips. She pulled back a bit after and smiled. And was leaning in for more when Dray was hit by what appeared to be a flying
black hard hat. "Son of a-" was all Dray managed to say before Bob started to jump up and down ecstatically.
Raykan ran up, "Anti-Grav jets, so thats how he dos it. Dray! Your alive dude!"
"Yes I appear to be so." said Dray rolling Bob of his chest and standing up, helping Ciel up in teh same motion.
"Your hair.. I vaguely remember seeing it like that before." Raykan said to him.
"Yeah well, I figure heym why not go for a change. After all I just cheated death once again."
"Thats what, 5 times now?"
"Six if you count that one time with the monkies."
"OOh, how could I forget that." Raykan laughed and motioned the others over. Voren, ran up to Dray.
"Dude! your alive!" He said, grabbing Dray in a bear hug lifting him off the ground.
"So I'm told... Please let go." he said.
"Oops, sorry man." said Vor, dripping him to teh ground.
"No prob... Hey Harpy, Levvy." he said as the siblings wandered over.
Harpuia nodded and smiled, "it is good to see you are well Dray." He then turned to Ciel. "A report, aside from X, no other survivors have been found." He saluted sharply and backed away one step.
Ciel saluted him back and said, "All right. I guess thats that then. Lets head back to base."
They all started to head back towards the transport. X hanging back. Dray noticed this and wandered over.
X saw Dray coming and looked down. "I.. I'm so sorry man.. I don't know why..."
Day smiled warmly, "No hard feelings man. Lemme gues though, you couldn't control what was happening, it felt like some dark presence hung over you, tearing at you, forcing you to use and manipulate your darkest emotions."
X looked at him in suprise. "Yeah actually, thats what it felt like. But how did you-"
Dray cut him off. "It's name is HAilfire.A being I think, made of my pure hatred.It lived in me, cause me to horrible things for years.
Through a rather odd set of coincedences I managed to rid myself of it. Just like you managed to do. Many peo[ple like Paladin, held resentment against
me for years. But my friends," He motioned at raykan and the others. "Helped me through it. Without them I don't know where I'd be today. I'm wlling to
look past what you did, and tried to do to me. To be your friend. Whatya say?" he said, extending his hand forward.
X paused thoughtfully, then smiled and shook the out stretched hand. "All right... buddy."
They laughed and started to walk back to rejoin the others. X looked at Dray, "Sorry for trying to steal Ciel away from you... i guess It would never have worked.
It's just... So damn hard to find women to care about these days."
Dray looked at him and laughed, "I know what you mean, Say, have you ever thought about trying to go out with that red head down in engineering.?"
X perked his head up, "Hmm... Not realy, why?"
"You two would make an awesome couple... Hmm,I think she had a crush on you to. Who knows she may forgive you. Heh, I can deffinanty see things there..."
X laughed, "Awesome. C'mon man hurry up they may leave without us!"
Dray laughed and they both headed towards the transport. A rather large, 6 wheeled SUV like thing. They heard Voren shout, "I call shotgun!"
Then a shrill beep as Bob pounced him then jumped into the front seat. Everyone laughed, except for Vor who screamed, "I'll get you Bob! I'll get you!!"
**
Amidst all the chaos and carnage, knowbody noticed that two bodies were never found. Far off in teh distance a tall black armor clad girl shook her long blonde hair. She turned to her large brother and growled under her breath
"One day... One day we'll be back. I'm sorry father... we could not save you..." SHe turned her back, "Come Ultros, we shall find somewhere to go." The lumbering reploid turned and followed his sister into the forest behind them.
The End?